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As a Python developer and blogger, I have worked with and reviewed many different Python development tools. I tend to pick my favorite tool based on the task at hand: PyCharm for professional work that may involve other languages, Jupyter Lab for exercise for this blog, and VS Code for quick scripts and terminal work. … Read more
We often talk about two different kinds of control flow in programming courses: branching and looping. A program branches when it goes down one path or another based on a condition. Both of these types of control flow are essential features of the vast majority of programming languages. We discuss some common ways to loop … Read more
Python, currently the most popular programming language, is a free, open-source, general-purpose language. If you’re looking to learn Python, we have a ton of articles for you! What we’ll do in this article is organize these resources for you, since some are more appropriate for beginners to the Python language or to even programming languages … Read more
Although it may not appear that way at first because of how well Python objects are integrated into the language, Python is a highly object-oriented language. We won’t stop to prove that yet, but we will toward the end of the article. Instead, because this article focuses on the needs of beginning software developers, we … Read more
Since Python is a very accessible language, many developers learn it as a first language. If you’re new to programming and Python, you may be working to gain confidence in the language. At the same time, you’re ramping up on basic programming skills. While finding your footing, you may also be wondering if you made … Read more
Python lists are one of its most flexible and widely used data types. This article is a beginner’s guide to Python lists, but like everything in programming, remembering what you learned requires sufficient early practice. With this in mind, in addition to the lesson, we also feature several exercises at the end that you can … Read more
Python is popular because it is simple to learn and use, with a syntax that makes it as easy to understand as plain English. This ease of use together with highly optimized libraries written in C has made it a favorite in the scientific community, especially for data science and machine learning. Python is not … Read more
